Chalk-holding means.



G. E. GABON. CHALK HOLDING MEANS. APPLIGATION FILED MAR. 17, 1913.

Patented July 21, 191% 1N VEN TOR WITNESSES 0., WASHINGTON, n. c.

GEORGE E. GABON, OF MANCHESTER, .NEW HAMPSHIRE.

CHALK-HOLDING MEANS.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1914.

Application filed March 17, 1913. Serial No. 754,794.

My present invention has to do with means for holding chalk in proximity to billiard and pool tables so that the chalk can be conveniently manipulated against one tips and also so that the chalk when not inuse will be out of the way; and its novelty, utility and practical advantages will be fully understood from the following description and claim when the same are read in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a broken elevation of my novel chalk-holding means. Fig. 2 is an elevation of one of the side plates of the spool-carrying frame. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the device as it appears when said side plate is removed. Fig. 4 is'a vertical section taken through the center of the spool and the spool-carrying frame. Fig. 5 is a diametrical section illustrative of the spool and the spoolcarrying frame, with the cord removed. Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the chalk engaging clamp.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

The spool-carrying frame of my novel means comprises two side plates 1. These side plates 1 are connected together in spaced relation by an integral transverse portion 2, Fig. 1, and in the said transverse portion 2 is formed a slot 3 for the free passage of the cord 4. When desired the slotted transverse portion 2 can be reinforced by an additional thickness of metal, as indicated by 5 in Fig. 4; the said thickness of metal being connected in any approved manner to the portion 2. The side plates 1 are provided with. central inwardly depressed portions (3 in which are oblong apertures 7, Fig. 2; and it will also be noted that the side plates 1 are provided with opposed apertured ears 8 designed to receive a ring 9 or a hook or analogous device, adapted to be connected to a suitable support and to maintain the spoolcarrying frame in an elevated position. The central inwardly deflected portions 6 of the side plates 1, which are preferably of light sheet-metal, are designed to afford ofisets calculated to lessen the friction incidental of the rotation of the spool.

Extendingbetween the side plates 1 of the frame is a spindle 10. This spindle has re duced end portions 11, of oblong form in cross-section, let into the apertures 7 of the side plates, and also has the said ends threaded to receive nuts 12. Consequently it will be observed that the spindle'is adapted to strongly connect the side plates 1 and at the same time brace the said side'lplates in proper spaced relation so as to obviate the liability of the said side plates crowding the spool. In common the spool of mynovel device is formed of light sheet-metal. The said spool comprises side plates13 which are loosely mounted on the spindle 10 and are preferably, though not necessarily, apertured as indicated by 14 for the sake of lightness, transverse portions 15 connecting the side plates together; one of the said transverse portions having-an aperture 16 for the passage and fastening of the cord, as illustrated in Fig. 4, and brace portions 17 Figs. 4 and 5. The said brace portions 17 are formed by displacing parts of the side plate 13 at the leftof Fig. 5, and are bent inwardly at a right angle to the said side plate. It will also be observed by reference to Fig. 4 that the said brace portions 17 extend between opposite transverse portions 15 of the spool as clearly appears in Fig. 4. By virtue of this the portions 17 will serve to brace the spool and to render the same rigid and strong. It will also be noted by reference to Fig. 5 that the portions 17 serve to confine the convolute spring 18 against the opposite side plate 13. The spring 18 is connected at its outer end to the spool, as indicated by 19 in Fig. 3, and is coiled about the spindle 10 and is connected at its inner end to the said spindle. Consequently it will be manifest that when the cord 4 is drawn in the direction indicated by arrow in Fig. 1, the spring will be compressed and placed under tension, and that when. the cord is released the spring will expand and will rotate the spool in reverse direction so that the cord will be taken upon the spool, and the chalk-engaging clamp 20 will be carried to a point adjacent the spool where it will be out of the way and yet can be reached for convenient with the spool-carrying frame manipulation when it is desired to chalk a cue.

As will be noted by reference to Fig. 5, the transverse portions 15 of the spool are set in from the perimeters of the side plates 13 so that the spool is virtually provided with a circumferential roove in its perimeter for the reception of the convolutions of the cord 4. plates 13 are flared outwardly as shownto avoid cutting of the cord, and the central portion of the said plates 13 are pressed outwardly as indicated by 21 so as to bear against the inwardly pressed portions 6 of the frame plates and lessen thefriction incidental to rotation of the spool while effectually holding the spool against lateral movement in the frame; v i

It will be gathered from the foregoing that my novel spool and its frame are simple, inexpensive and durable, and that the said frame and spool and the appurtenances thereof are calculated to quickly and emciently take up the cord 4, for the purpose stated. I T As will be readily understood by comparison of Figs. 1 and 6, the clamp, 20 is cruciform inplan and isformed of a single piece of sheet metal. The said clamp is shaped to form a chamber 25 for the reception of'a knot on thecord 4, and isalso provided with four arms 26 which reach outwardly from the chamber and then downwardly and are provided at their ends with inwardly directed barbs 27. By virtue of this construc- The peripheral edges of the tion, the clamp is adapted to receive and hold pieces of chalk of difl'erent sizes.

Having described my invention, hat I claim and desire to secure. by Letters-Patent, is: Y In means for the purpose described, a spool-carrying frame formed of a single piece of sheet-metal and comprising side plates having apertured ears arranged adjacent each other and also having a transverse portion connecting the said plates, at an opposite point to the ears, and having an aperture for the passage of a cord; a spindle secured in said side'plates; a spool loosely ,mo'unted on the spindle between the side plates and comprising spaced sheetmetal plates, transverse portions extending between and connectingsaid plates at points adjacent the peripheries thereof, and brace portions struck from one of the plates and bent inwardly at right anglesthereto and extending edgewise between two opposite transverse portions; and a convolute spring confined between the brace portions of the spool and the opposite plate and coiled about the spindle and connected at its inner end with the spindle and at its outer end with thesp'ool. x

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGEE. GABON. Witnesses: 'j s J A. BoIvIN, ARTEMISE M. GILBERT,

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